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Cong asserts Rahul Gandhi’s chess proficiency
In a witty reaction to Congress’ claims that Rahul Gandhi is an experienced politician and chess player, Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov said tradition dictates that “you should first win from Raebareli before challenging for the top”. Taking to social media platform X, Kasparov wrote, “Traditional dictates that you...
Hindus treated as second class citizens in Bengal: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a scathing attack on the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir’s “anti-Hindu” address. Addressing a rally in Bardhaman-Durgapur, PM Modi said, “Hindus were being treated as second class citizens in Bengal.” “I saw on TV yesterday...
It’s Rahul versus BJP’s Dinesh Pratap Singh in Raebareli
It’s Rahul Gandhi Vs Dinesh Pratap Singh in Raebareli. Making its most awaited announcement, the Congress party on Friday named Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi’s candidature from Raebareli. While, the grand old family announced the candidature of Rahul Gandhi with expectations that he would save the party’s bastion, the BJP...
No Gandhis in Amethi; Sharma to take on Smriti Irani
In its eleventh-hour decision, the Congress fielded Kishori Lal Sharma against Union Minister Smriti Irani in Amethi, where the Gandhi scion suffered defeat in 2019 elections. The move comes after days of intense speculation and heated debate over whether the Congres would field members of the Gandhi family from...
AAP forms panel to work with Cong in Delhi
A little over three weeks before Delhi goes to polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has finally formed its coordination committee in the Capital to work with the Congress on the ground. The move is significant as the AAP had, in mid-April, announced its campaign ‘Jail ka Jawab Vote...
BJP complains to EC against Cong ‘spreading lies’
The BJP on Thursday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against the Congress, alleging it is trying to create an “atmosphere of tension” in the society and spreading lies that the Constitution will be changed. The opposition parties have been alleging that the BJP is seeking more than...
Modi cites Rahul praise for Pakistan-Congress partnership
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Congress party’s “partnership with Pakistan is exposed” while reacting to the former prime minister of the neighbouring country, Fawad Chaudhry’s “praise” of Rahul Gandhi’s speech criticising the BJP-led Central government in India. “Look at the coincidence, today Congress is getting weak...
Amit Shah sees BJP opening account in Kerala, Tamil Nadu
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will open its account in both Kerala and Tamil Nadu, Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted in an exclusive interview with Network18, saying the party would be ahead of Congress in all four states combined in the South. “In South, all four states combined,...
RBI ex-governor says pressurised by Chidambaram to inflate growth rate
BJP leader Amit Malviya hit out at Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram for “lecturing” the BJP-led Central government on “institutional integrity” when he himself “pressed the RBI to paint a rosier picture of the economy”. According to a Moneycontrol report, former RBI Governor D Subbarao, in...
Tharoor spikes BJP’s Mangalsutra charge over manifesto
Hitting back hard at the BJP’s allegations that his party’s manifesto speaks about wealth redistribution and an inheritance tax, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said that the ruling party is talking about the document even without reading it and every charge levelled on this front is “completely concocted by...
